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No. 627,055. Patented lune I3, I899.

' L. L. CORNELL.

ADVERTISING WAGON.

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A Patented June 13, I899. L. .CORNELL. I ADVERTISING WAGON;

' (Application filed Aug. 8, 1898.)

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Application filed August 3,1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE Lnn 00a .NELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county ofiHenri'co and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising- Wagous; and I do hereby declare the follow ving to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others. skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvention relates to improvements in advertising-wagons; and the objects of the invention are toproduce a simple construclion or combiuatiouot advertising displays, each adapted to bepresented successively or several collectively to the attention .of the public as thefwagon passes along the streets features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a p'erspective view of an advertising-wagon 8111- bolsters 2 bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the same. Figs. '3 and 4. indicate the construction of gearing that may be employed for transmitting an intermittent motion from the drive-axle to the revolving ad- I vcrtising-dru ms. Fig. 5 is alongitndinal sec tional view through Fig. 2, said section being taken on the lines 2 2. a Fig. 6 is a trans verse sectional view through one of the advertising-drums. I

Similar numeralsof reference indicate si milar parts in all the figures of the drawings.

' In practicing'my invention I preferably an ploy a rectangular wagon bed or platform 1, the same being supported by front and rear and 3, respectively, upon axles 4 and 5, at the ends of which latter are located suitable ground .-wheels. The rear bolster may be arched, as shown, and within its arch gear-wheel 6.

Serial No. 688,071. (No model.) I

there is mounted onv the rear or driveaxle a The rear bolster may also be provided with vertically-Mining bearings 7, in which may be mounteda vertically-disposed counter-shaft 8*, provided at its upper and lower ends, respectively, with beveled gears 8 and 9, the latter being designed to mesh with and be driven by the aforesaid gear 6 on the rear or drive axle. These gears 6 and 9 may be toothed throughouttheir periphery, as shown in Fig. 2, or the gear 6 may be toothed merely at intervals, as indicated at 10 in Fig. 4, or the gear 9 may be toothed at intervals, as indicated at 11, Fig. 3.. It .will, however, be apparent that whlchever is the case the result will be the same-the ver ticalcounter-shaft will be partially rotated at intervals, or it may be continuously rotated by the continuous toothing of both gears, as shown in Fig. 2. By properly proportioning these gears the desired speed may be secured.

If desired, I'may locate vertical bearings 12 at the four corners of the platform 1, and in each hearing I may journal. a vertical rotatable shaft 13, each of which is provided near its lower end with a sprocket-wheel .14,

' the sprocket-wheels of the four shafts being A similar driv-- in the same horizontal plane.' ing sprocket-wheel 15 may be mounted on the vertical counter-shaft 8* and all five of the sprocket-wheels 1t and 15 connected by an endless sprocket belt or chain 16.

Near the front and rear ends of the plat form 1 I may secure in any suitable manner a pair of alining inverted-V-shaped or triangular frames 17, the same being connected near their lower ends by transverse braces 18. The rear transverse brace 18 is provided with a central horizontal bearing 19, which alines with a similar bearing 20, formed in the upper-end of a short rear vertical standard 20*.

In these two bearings there is journaled a short horizontal shaft 21, which carries near one end a bevel-gear 22 and near its opposite end a sprocket-wl1eel 23, the bevel-gear 22 meshing with the upper bevel-gear S by which it and the shaft 2b are rotated.

At the apices of the two triangular frames 17 is journaled in suitable bearings provided for the purpose a transverse rotatable shaft 24, the rear end of which extends beyond the rear bearing, at which pointit carries a sprocket-wheel25. Similar shafts 26 may be journaled in similar bearings formed in the said triangular frames near their lower ends, and said latter shafts may also have their rear ends extended beyond or in rear of their bearings and there provided with sprocketwheels 27. Connecting the several sprocketwheels 25, 27, and'23 is a sprocket-chain 28, the

latter sprocket-wheel receiving motion fromthe horizontal shaft 21 and transmitting motion to the remaining sprocket-wheels and the shafts that carry them in a manner .that will of two opposite heads 30, which are in the present instance hexagonal in shape, said heads being connected at each of its angles by a longitudinal rib 31, the opposite longitudinal edges of which are grooved, as indicated at 32, to receive removable panels 33, each of which is designed to carry on one or both sides any desired advertising matter.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description, in connection withthe drawings, that motion will be imparted to the shaft 8* by thedrive-axle 5, such motion being intermittent or continuous, as may be desired, and

that the motion will be carried by the gears, sprocket-wheels, and belts. described to the several advertising-drums and their shafts, whereby said drums will be either' continuously or intermittihgly rotated, thus presen ting successively different business signsto the publicas the vehicle passes along the city s streets. v

The advertising-space of the wagon may be increased by locating at the corners of the platform depending standards 34, secured to which and surrounding the running-gear may.

be a depending curtain 35. If preferred, also, an organ or other sound or music givingdevice or instrument may be carried by the wagon and mechanically operated as the wagon moves along. In the present instance I have shown'a gong 35* located on the rear bolster, the same being'adapted to be sounded atintervals by an ordinarv trip-hammer 36,

pivoted adjacent thereto and operated by a trip 36*, carried by the axle.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In an advertising-wagon,the combination with a platform, opposite triangular frames mounted on the same and arranged in longi: tudinal alinement, and provided with alining bearings, of a rotatable shaft journaled in the .apices of the said frames and opposite similar shafts journaled in. the side bearings of said frame's; sprocket-wheels carried at the rear ends of the said shafts,- an advertising-drum located on each of the said shafts, a vertical counter-shaft journaled. in the rear end of the platform, beveled gears at, the upper and lower ends of the same, an upper horizontal shaft, a gear thereon meshing with the upper gear of the vertical eou nter-shaft, a sprocket on said horizontal shaft, and'a chain connecting-the same with the sprocket-wheels of the rotatable shafts, of anaxle having groundwheels, and a gear carried by the axle and meshing with the lower gear of the counter shaft.

. 2. In an advertising-wagon,the combination with a rectangular platform having vertical bearings at its corners, vertical shafts rotatably mounted therein and sprocket-wheels and advertising-drums carried by the shafts,

of opposite frames mounted on the platform and provided, with alining bearings, shafts journaled in said bearings and carrying advertisin'g-d ruins and provided with sprocketwheels, of a vertical counter-shaft, beveled gears located at the upper and lowerends of I the same, a drive-axle having wheels, a bevelgear carried by the axle and meshing with and driving the lower gear of thecountershaft, an upper horizontal shaft located upon the platform,bearings for the same,a sprocketwheel ca rried by said shaft, a chain connecting the same with the sprocket-wheels of those shafts journaled in the opposite frames mentioned, a bevel-gear Oll'fifild shaft meshing with the upper gear of the counter-shaft, a sprocket-wheel mounted on the counter-sh'af t, and a "sprocket-chain connecting the same with those sprocket-wheels of the vertical shafts.

Iii-testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LAWRENCE LEE CORNELL.

Witnesses:

- SPoTswooD J. ALLEN,

F. C. LA'rANfi. 

